C.S. Lewis


Born
in Belfast, Ireland
November 29, 1898

Died
November 22, 1963

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Clive Staples Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954. He was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the
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Average rating: 4.17 · 8,476,544 ratings · 249,956 reviews · 1,298 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Lion, the Witch and the...

4.24 avg rating — 3,080,081 ratings — published 1950 — 153 editions
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The Chronicles of Narnia (T...

4.28 avg rating — 697,204 ratings — published 1956 — 162 editions
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The Magician’s Nephew (Chro...

4.05 avg rating — 591,685 ratings — published 1955 — 84 editions
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The Screwtape Letters

4.27 avg rating — 503,952 ratings — published 1942 — 875 editions
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The Voyage of the Dawn Trea...

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4.09 avg rating — 499,922 ratings — published 1952 — 740 editions
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Mere Christianity

4.36 avg rating — 449,035 ratings — published 1952 — 8 editions
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Prince Caspian (Chronicles ...

3.98 avg rating — 475,336 ratings — published 1951 — 864 editions
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The Horse and His Boy (Chro...

3.91 avg rating — 384,138 ratings — published 1954 — 659 editions
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The Silver Chair (Chronicle...

3.95 avg rating — 324,284 ratings — published 1953 — 665 editions
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The Last Battle (Chronicles...

4.01 avg rating — 299,747 ratings — published 1956 — 633 editions
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Out of the Silent Planet Perelandra That Hideous Strength
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3.96 avg rating — 223,762 ratings

Letters of C. S. Lewis The Collected Letters of C.... The Collected Letters of C....
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C.S. Lewis on Grief C. S. Lewis on Joy C. S. Lewis on Love C. S. Lewis on Faith
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Quotes by C.S. Lewis  (?)
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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
C.S. Lewis

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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